For the first time, a U.S. state has legalized marijuana with the stroke of a pen, not a vote at the ballot box. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Monday signed into law House Bill 511, which legalizes t...

In 2008, state and federal prisons around the U.S. held more than 1.6 million people. After three decades of growth, it was the peak of American mass incarceration. Over the next eight years, the nati...

Humans have been getting high on marijuana for millennia, and there has never been a recorded case of a fatal overdose. That record appeared to be in peril earlier this week, following reports that an...

The beginning of Donald Trump's presidency has been clouded by an ever-evolving scandal around potential collusion between his campaign and Russia. All told, there are five investigations into the mat...

President Donald Trump opened a brief April phone call with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte by commending the strongman's bloody war on drugs, according to a transcript obtained by The Washingto...